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The Republic of South Sudan is to host the first dedicated energy and infrastructure event in the nation's history. Organized by Africa Oil & Power and fully commissioned and endorsed by the Transitional Government of National Unity, South Sudan Oil & Power 2017 will take place October 11-12 at Free ...

Negotiations between the Government of South Sudan and a group of investors including French supermajor Total broke down last week when both sides could not reach an agreement to develop a prized piece of onshore oil and gas real estate. For several months, South Sudan had been trying to sign an exp ...

Nigeria's local content capacity is regularly overlooked. Our home-grown companies are cast in the shadow of the multinational oil majors like Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., Total SA and Eni SpA, which currently produce about 90 percent of our crude. But change is afoot and ...

South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea have announced a new partnership to advance bilateral relations and boost the oil and gas sectors of the two countries. The Memorandum of Cooperation, signed Monday by Equatorial Guinea's Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima and South S ...

Vast, underexplored, and now known to be full of petroleum resources, the East African Rift System is one of the most exciting areas for onshore oil and gas investment in the world. In all, the Great Rift Valley represents perhaps the most interesting underexplored region for oil and gas in Afric ...

Oranto Petroleum will invest $500 million to develop South Sudan's Block B3, launching a comprehensive exploration campaign starting immediately EPSA contract signed today in Juba for South Sudan acreage. Oranto Petroleum is the 90% shareholder and operator of large Block B3, plans to invest $ ...

As the South Sudan government tries to raise production, a new player signs on with the promise of a $500-million investment. South Sudan's 2017 campaign to boost oil exploration and production is off to a running start. Nigerian upstream independent Oranto Petroleum announced today that it had sig ...

Last week South Sudan's finance minister revealed the government's objective to more than double oil production in 2017/2018. Emerging from its turbulent past, South Sudan may re-establish itself as a major African producer and East Africa's most prolific onshore play. Though oil was discovered in ...

At Africa Oil & Power, you will connect with like-minded peers. We have a carefully curated lineup of speakers, delegates and VIP guests, all of them key decision makers spanning the industry supply chain. Nearly three-quarters of attendees are in senior management. The true value of attending Afric ...